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I liked this: Speed Up Your Web Browsing in a Few Clicks: A Brief Introduction to DNS [How To]

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Every millisecond counts when you’re browsing the web, and if you’d like to eke a bit more speed out of your internet connection, you can change your DNS server to make those pages load a bit faster. Here’s a brief introduction to what DNS is, how it affects your connection speed, and how you can easily change your computer’s settings to use the fastest DNS possible. More »





posted on Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5848823/dns-jumper-finds-the-fastest-dns-server-for-you-and-applies-it-with-two-clicks

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

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Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine.

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time

by Sean

“Time” is the most used noun in the English language, yet it remains a mystery. We’ve just completed an amazingly intense and rewarding multidisciplinary conference on the nature of time, and my brain is swimming with ideas and new questions. Continue reading →

I liked this: How to Make Faux HDR Photos With Stylized Shadows and Details

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The heavy, stylized shadows of HDR Photography are a professional, very dramatic look many photographers use. Here’s how a few moments with Photoshop or freeware Raw Therapee can get you a similar effect with your photos.

 


How-To Turn Your Computer into a Supercharged TiVo with Sick Beard Convert Youtube Videos to Animated GIFs (The Easy Way, No Photoshop!) How To Protect Your Data From A Hurricane, Flood, or Natural Disaster


posted on the How-To Geek: http://www.howtogeek.com/72378/give-your-photos-a-stylish-touch-with-harsh-shadows-and-details/

I liked this: How To Find Out Your Computer’s IP Address

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I have received two emails in the past week from users who asked me for an easy way of finding their computer’s IP address. Instead of replying to each user individually I made the decision to write it up here on Ghacks so that other users who were wondering about the same thing could benefit from it as well. Continue reading →

I liked this: Create Movies From Photos, Videos With ffDiaporama

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You can use a program like ffDiaporama to create a single movie file from multiple photos, video files and music. This can be interesting for users who do not want to send individual photos or videos to friends, family or colleagues. Another would be to upload the self-created movie to a video hosting site like YouTube which do not support photos.

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I liked this: How to Automate Disk Cleanup using CCleaner

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The Windows operating system should have several different maintenance tasks performed on a regular basis. It is easy to forget to do these things and many users don’t do them at all. This article takes a look at how you can automate one of the most important tasks, cleaning the hard drive. Rather than use the Windows Disk Cleanup utility, we will look at using a free third party utility. This will work in XP, Vista and Windows 7. Continue reading →

Setting Windows Virtual Memory, why you need to and what about SSDs?

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Virtual memory is a throwback to Windows of old, when the physical memory available to a computer was severely limited.  Essentially it uses a chunk of space on your computer’s hard disk as a memory swap file.  Unfortunately, Windows has always been terrible at managing this file allowing to dynamically grow and shrink depending on what the operating system needs at the time. Continue reading →